Planning ANSI/AIHA

In practical terms, employee participation in an effective safety program means providing a role for supervisors, hourly employees, and employee representatives in activities such as procedure development, training development, job safety analysis, incident investigations, health- and safety-related audits, and all aspects of the safety program planning and development process. Probably the most common mechanism for employee participation is participation in health and safety committees (adapted from ANSI/AIHA ZlO-2005). 

The simple concept of a Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) methodology called the Shewhart cycle (Shewhart, 1980) can be applied to any safety system. The PDCA has been at the core of quality management efforts for many decades. The cycle has been adapted within the framework of voluntary compliance standards such as ANSI/AIHA/ASSE ZIO Occupational Safety Process (Occupational Health and Safety Systems, 2012) (Figure 13.1). Refer to Appendix P for examples of Advanced Safety Management Systems, (Occupational Health Safety Management Systems, 2012). 

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